Getting To Know the World-famous Pad Thai Noodles Better

Thai food has embraced multitude of culinary influences from the world over since the past many centuries. A culmination of all these fantastic flavors has led to creation of some unique flavors that we have come to know as Thai cuisine now.

Out of the myriad flavors lending their uniqueness to Thai food, Northern Thailand's contribution has been the most important. And when the Chinese first came to Thailand, they brought some more culinary flavors to Thailand. They also contributed to the culinary expansion of Thai food by bringing along, the wok, noodles, and chopsticks. While Thais have embraced the first two, chopsticks have been replaced in favor of forks and spoons.

Pad Thai
Now, we all know that noodles are an intrinsic part of Thai cuisine. Or, we can even say that Thai food is incomplete without noodles! However, Chinese noodles are different from Thai noodles in many ways. Thai noodles, also called Pad Thai in Thai language, are made from rice flour. Their Chinese counterparts are made from wheat and egg. Pad Thai noodles are low-fat, low-calorie, and gluten free. They are, therefore, light on the stomach, and make an excellent dietary option for those following gluten-free diet.

Cooking Pad Thai
Pad Thai is a thin noodle type and requires cold water rather than hot, boiling water as part of the cooking process. Simply soak the Pad Thai in a large bowl of cool water for at least 2 hours. Due to the soaking process, the noodles soften up and become slippery. Boiling Thai noodles will make them sticky and difficult to work with. Once the noodles have become slippery, you simply stir-fry them in different ways as per the call of the recipes you are cooking.

Pad Thai is actually one of the most popular and famous noodle dishes from Thailand. Pad Thai noodles dish is prepared by stir-frying the noodles in a special Thai spicy sauce along with fresh prawns, chicken, egg, as well as bean sprouts. The toppings or garnishing of Ground peanuts, some lime juice, and sprinkling of fresh basil and coriander further enhance the flavor and make the dish irresistible! For those of you, who want spicy Pad Thai; serve your Thai food dish with hot chili sauce on the side.

Nowadays, you can even buy special Pad Thai noodle sauce and enjoy the dish without losing out on the flavor!

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